US20120103843A1 - Container data center - Google Patents
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Abstract
A container data center includes a mobile container, a support plate installed in the container adjacent and parallel to a bottom wall of the container. Also included are two server systems arranged on the support plate in two parallel rows and a number of brackets installed between the bottom wall and the support plate. Additionally, a blower is installed between the bottom wall and the support plate, and two heat exchangers are provided at opposite sides of the blower. Each of the brackets comprises a number of columns. Each of the columns defines an air channel facing the blower.
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- The present disclosure relates to a container data center.
- 2. Description of Related Art
- With increasing heavy duty use of on-line applications, the need for computer data centers has increased rapidly. Data centers are centralized computing facilities that include a mobile container, many server racks or shelves received in the container and holding many servers. One rack or shelf with some servers can be considered a server system. In the container, several server systems may be positioned on the floor of the container, which is not conducive to good heat dissipation and does not provide good protection from vibrations of the mobile container.
- Many aspects of the present embodiments can be better understood with reference to the following drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the present embodiments. Moreover, in the drawings, all the views are schematic, and like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an exemplary embodiment of a container data center, the container data center includes a plurality of brackets. -
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of some of the brackets ofFIG. 1 . - The present disclosure, including the accompanying drawings, is illustrated by way of examples and not by way of limitation. It should be noted that references to “an” or “one” embodiment in this disclosure are not necessarily to the same embodiment, and such references mean at least one.
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FIG. 1 , an embodiment of a container data center includes amobile container 10, and twoserver systems container 10 includes atop wall 12, abottom wall 14 opposite to thetop wall 12, and asidewall 16 substantially perpendicularly connected between thetop wall 12 and thebottom wall 14. - The container data center further includes a
support plate 30, a plurality ofbrackets 32, ablower 42, twoheat exchangers 42, and twoexhaust fans 44. Thesupport plate 30 is installed in thecontainer 10, adjacent to and parallel to thebottom wall 14 of thecontainer 10, and extending to thesidewall 16 of thecontainer 10. Thebrackets 32 are mounted to thebottom wall 14 to support thesupport plate 30. Theblower 40 is installed on thebottom wall 14, between thesupport plate 30 and thebottom wall 14. Theheat exchangers 42 are installed on thebottom wall 14, between thesupport plate 30 and thebottom wall 14 at opposite sides of theblower 40. Theexhaust fans 44 are arranged on thetop wall 12 of thecontainer 10. Theserver systems support plate 30 in two parallel rows between thesupport plate 30 and thetop wall 12. Tops of theserver systems heat shield 25. - In the container data center, there is a
cold aisle 23 defined among theserver systems support plate 32, and theheat shield 25. Ahot aisle 24 defined among theserver systems support plate 32, theheat shield 25, and thesidewall 16 of the container 10 (inFIG. 1 the large hollow arrows indicate cold airflow, and the small solid arrows indicate warm or hot airflow). Theheat shield 25 can separate thecold aisle 23 from thehot aisle 24. - The
sidewall 16 defines a plurality ofventilation holes 160 therein under thesupport plate 30. In this embodiment, thesidewall 16 defines a plurality ofanti-backflow sheets 17 slantingly extending from thesidewall 16 positioned above thecorresponding ventilation holes 160, to prevent rain water entering thecontainer 10. Eachventilation hole 160 is regular hexagon shaped. All of theventilation holes 160 are arranged in a honeycomb pattern. - Referring to
FIG. 2 , eachbracket 32 includes a plurality of hollow regular hexagon shapedcolumns 50. Eachcolumn 50 includes sixsidewalls 52 bounding anair channel 520 substantially parallel to thebottom wall 14. All of thecolumns 50 are arranged in a honeycomb pattern in a first direction perpendicular to an extending direction of theair channels 520, and all of thecolumns 50 are staggeredly arranged in a second direction along the extending direction of the air channels 529. - In use, the
blower 40 sucks air through theventilation holes 160 and theair channels 520 of thebrackets 30 into theheat exchangers 42. Theheat exchangers 42 cool the air, and then the cooled air is blown into thecold aisle 23 by theblower 42 to cool theserver systems server systems hot aisle 24, and hot airflow in thehot aisle 24 is exhausted by theexhaust fans 30 to outside of thecontainer 10. Because thesidewall 16 adopts honeycomb-shaped ventilation holes 160, more air can enter thecontainer 10 to sufficiently dissipate heat generated by theserver systems shaped columns 50 can increase the flexibility of thebrackets 30 to help cushion or protect theserver systems - It is to be understood, however, that even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the embodiments have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the embodiments, the present disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in details, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the embodiments to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
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1. A container data center comprising:
a mobile container comprising a bottom wall;
a support plate installed in the container, adjacent and parallel to the bottom wall of the container;
two server systems arranged in the container and supported on the support plate in two parallel rows;
a plurality of brackets installed between the bottom wall and the support plate, opposite to the server systems;
a blower installed on the bottom wall, between the support plate and the bottom wall; and
two heat exchangers installed between the bottom wall and the support plate and at opposite sides of the blower;
wherein each of the plurality of brackets comprises a plurality of columns, each of the plurality of columns defines an air channel facing the blower.
2. The container data center of claim 1 , wherein an extension direction of the air channels of the plurality of brackets is substantially perpendicular to the bottom wall.
3. The container data center of claim 2 , wherein each of the plurality of columns comprises six sidewalls bounding the corresponding air channel, the plurality of columns of each bracket are arranged like a honeycomb in a first direction substantially perpendicular to the extension direction of the air channels of the columns.
4. The container data center of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of columns of each bracket is staggeredly arranged in a second direction along the extension direction of the air channels.
5. The container data center of claim 2 , wherein the container further comprises a sidewall substantially perpendicularly extending up from a side of the bottom wall, the sidewall of the container defines a plurality of ventilation holes, the extension direction of the air channels direct to the plurality of ventilation holes.
6. The container data center of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of ventilation holes is positioned under the support plate.
7. The container data center of claim 6 , wherein each of the plurality of ventilation holes is a hollow regular hexagon shaped, and the ventilation holes are arranged like a honeycomb.
8. The container data center of claim 6 , wherein a plurality of anti-backflow sheets slantingly extends down from the sidewall of the container, above corresponding ventilation holes.
9. The container data center of claim 1 , wherein a cold aisle is defined among the server systems, the heat shield, and the supports, a hot aisle is defined among a sidewall of the container, the server systems, the heat shield, and the support plate, tops of the server systems are connected by a heat shield to separate the cold aisle from the hot aisle.
10. The container data center of claim 1 , wherein the container further comprises a top wall opposite to the support plate, two exhaust fans are arranged on the top wall.
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